Yayori Matsui

Yayori Matsui
Born(1934-04-12)April 12, 1934[1]
Kyoto, Japan
DiedDecember 27, 2002(2002-12-27) (aged 68)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forWomen's rights in Asia

Yayori Matsui (松井やより Matsui Yayori) (April 12, 1934 – December 27, 2002) was a Japanese journalist and women's rights activist noted for her work to raise awareness of sex slaves and sex tourism in post-war Asia.[2] In 1961 she began work as a journalist for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, retiring in 1994 to work as a full-time social activist, founding numerous women's organizations and writing on gender inequality in Japan and on sex crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army, namely against the comfort women of the Second World War.[3] Her work culminated in the 2000 Tokyo Women's War Crimes Tribunal, a tribunal held to gain some form of justice for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery.[4]

  1. ^ Magnier, Mark (January 8, 2003). "Yayori Matsui, 68; Japanese Journalist Became Noted Women's Rights Activist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ^ Dales, Laura (2009). Feminist movements in contemporary Japan. London: Routledge. pp. 16–19. ISBN 9780415459419. OCLC 289070723.
  3. ^ Molony, Barbara (2016). Gender in modern East Asia : an integrated history. Theiss, Janet M., 1964-, Choi, Hyaeweol (1st ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. p. 425. ISBN 9780813348759. OCLC 947808181.
  4. ^ Setsu, Shigematsu (2012). Scream from the shadows : the women's liberation movement in Japan. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 175–176 and 203. ISBN 9780816667581. OCLC 794492284.